A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF BLOOD GROUPS IN HEAD AND NECK MALIGNANCIES
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
BACKGROUND Malignancy is a unique disease with abnormal proliferation of cells with the properties of invasion, anaplasia and metastasis. It accounts for around 12% of the deaths throughout the world. Blood does vital tasks around the clock. Blood is a mysterious fascination for man since the dawn of time. Malignancy has a multifactorial aetiology, in which genetic factors also have an influence. Aim- To study the risk of various Head & Neck malignancies among different blood groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study done at Vijayanagara Institute of Medical sciences Bellary, Karnataka; in proven cases of head and neck malignancies from June 2015 to December 2016. RESULTS The susceptibility of head and neck malignancies is found to be highest among the individuals of B, A, O, AB blood group with Rh antigen positivity, in descending order and least susceptibility was found among O negative individuals. CONCLUSION From this correlation study of blood groups and Head and Neck malignancies, it follows that there is an inherited element in the susceptibility of Head and Neck cancers among different blood groups.
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Sudhakar Rao M. S, Tintu Thampy Abraham
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